A09391:71
A direction for the government of the tongue according to Gods word
Cambridge: printed by John Legate printer to the University of Cambridge, 1593Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legate printer to the Vniuersity of Cambridge, 1593
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Chapter 5: Of Trueth, and of Reverence in speech.Chapter 5: Of Trueth, and of Reverence in speach.
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Lastly, avoid all imprecations and cursings either against men or other creatures: For God in judgement, to punish such cursed speaking, often brings to pass such imprecations: as may appear in the Jews, who at the arraignment of Christ, cried saying,1 His blood be upon us and upon our children: which imprecation is verified upon them till this day. At Newburge in Germany a certain mother cursed her son, saying, Get thee away, 2I would thou mightest never come again alive: the very same day he went into the water and was drowned. Again, a mother brought her child to the University of Wittenberg, 3by reason he was possessed with an unclean spirit: being demanded how it came to pass, she answered in the hearing of many, that in her anger she said, The devil take thee, and thereupon presently the child was possessed. And in our country, men often wish the plague, the pox, the pestilence to their children, their servants, their cattle: and often it falls out accordingly.
Lastly, avoid all imprecations and cursings either against men or other creatures: For God in judgement, to punish such cursed speaking, often brings to passe such imprecations: as may appeare in the Iewes, who at the arraignment of Christ, cryed saying,1 His blood be upon us and upon our children: which imprecation is verified upon them till this day. At Newburge in Germany a certaine mother cursed her sonne, saying, Get thee away, 2I would thou mightest never come againe alive: the very same day he went into the water and was drowned. Againe, a mother brought her child to the Vniversitie of Wittemberge, 3by reason he was possessed with an uncleane spirit: beeing demaunded how it came to passe, she answered in the hearing of many, that in her anger shee saide, The devill take thee, and thereupon presently the childe was possessed. And in our countrey, men often wish the plague, the poxe, the pestilence to their children, their seruants, their cattell: and often it falles out accordingly.